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Last year, business surged in the Tenderloin. How’s this year going?
Business in the Tenderloin is off to a slow start but if it's anything like last year, the peaks are yet to come. Last year, business surged in the Tenderloin. How’s this year going?...
Walmart says it's not using personal information to set prices as it expands digital shelf labels
Walmart is aiming to assuage customers’ fears about its new pricing technology as it rolls out digital price labels at its stores. In a statement posted on the company’s website, Walmart Inc.’s CEO John Furner vowed that the Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer isn’t using person...
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Famed radio and TV priest Fulton Sheen is beatified in St. Louis, putting him a step from sainthood
Worshippers gathered for the beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen at the Dome at America's Center in St. Louis, on Thursday.
Hundreds line up outside Target for Pokémon event
(KRON) -- If you're seeing huge lines at your local Target, you're not alone. Targets across the country are helping Pokémon celebrate its 30th anniversary with an in-store event Sunday at 268 participating stores including 50 Bay Area locations. The event will be happening from ...
Longtime Filipino bakery known for señorita bread opens first Bay Area location outside Daly City
UNION CITY, Calif. (KRON) -- In 1990, Tony Lim started a business that would years later become a staple in the Bay Area. Ling Nam opened in Daly City that year and has been serving various Filipino dishes for decades. One menu item that has stood above them all is señorita bread...
At least 13 Bay Area Starbucks locations closing: Here's a list
More than a dozen Starbucks locations in the Bay Area will be closing after the company announced Thursday it will be closing 250 underperforming coffeehouses across the U.S. this week....
Hawaiian business owner and resident describes challenges this season as Hurricane Nolo approaches
Brandon Lee, a local business owner, joins us to share firsthand how hurricane season is taking a toll on the Big Island.
A former tenant, a dream bakery, and a warning that came too late
Butter & Crumble owner Sophie Smith spent thousands preparing to open a second bakery on Telegraph Hill. Then she discovered the storefront’s tangled history of problems....
New clue emerges in search for missing Bay Area coffee shop owner Amy Hillyard
Amy Hillyard, a co-owner of Farley's coffee shops, was reported missing in March.
Leather bars have a bone to pick with Meta’s moderation machine
LGBTQ businesses and nonprofits raise concerns of an increase in unfair social media censorship Leather bars have a bone to pick with Meta’s moderation machine...
Millbrae barber retires after 62 years behind the chair
A longtime Millbrae barbershop is changing hands as its owner retires after 62 years, marking the end of a multigenerational family business.
Longtime Millbrae barbershop sold to new owners
The owner of Frank J. Pisa Barber Shop is retiring after 62 years, marking the end of the long-running family business.
San Franciso supervisor's effort to diminish food deserts
San Francisco Supervisor Bilal Mahmood talks about his proposal to make the permitting process to allow chain grocery stores in the city more streamlined. He says there are food deserts in pockets of the city....
Starbucks closures to impact at least 13 Bay Area stores
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- On Thursday, news broke that Starbucks planned to shutter 250 underperforming stores across North America. It's the second big round of store closures under current Starbucks Chairman and CEO Brian Niccol, who joined the company in 2024. Last September, th...
San Jose Starbucks among 250 stores closing across North America
A Starbucks in San Jose is one of the 250 stores expected to close in North America. The Starbucks at 1205 The Alameda in San Jose is expected to close on Saturday. Jennifer Martinez and Rebecca Schroeder took their coffee break and made their usual trip to the shop, knowing it w...
‘Section 415’: Despite criticism, Kalshi isn’t deterred from partnering with the Giants
One X post from the team’s account outraged fans. A Kalshi executive explains how the company responded.
Despite angry merchants, S.F. approves Therapy Stores spot in the Richmond
Is Therapy a chain that triggers the city's formula retail laws? Despite angry merchants, S.F. approves Therapy Stores spot in the Richmond
Family, friends continue search 6 months after Amy Hillyard disappeared
The husband of missing coffee shop owner Amy Hillyard issued an appeal to keep her story visible, on the six-month anniversary of her disappearance in March. Chris Hillyard said in a video that investigators and supporters continue to search for answers, and are focusing the sear...
Crockett to host "Dollycon" on Dolly Day
Crockett business owner Davin Che joined KTVU to talk about the upcoming tribute to the late icon Dolly Parton, "Dollycon."
Tom Holland makes surprise lunch stop in Marin County
(KRON) -- It was supposed to be just another Tuesday for MIXT employees Edwin Hernandez, Katherine Hernandez and manager Abigail Zatarain. The fast-casual salad restaurant undergoes the usual lunch rush. Except, there was one customer on Sept. 22 who made that afternoon a bit mor...
Despite angry merchants, S.F. approves Therapy store on Clement St.
Is Therapy a chain that triggers the city's formula retail laws? Despite angry merchants, S.F. approves Therapy store on Clement St.
Oracle stock sinks after force majeure notice
Oracle's stock dropped 3.47% Thursday after the company filed a force-majeure notice connected to its New Mexico data center project, ‘Project Jupiter.’ A ‘force majeure’ clause is a contract/legal exemption for when an unforeseen or uncontrollable event makes that contract impos...
Starbucks to shutter 250 stores in North America this week in 2nd wave of closings
Starbucks plans to close 250 North American stores later this week.
Woman threatens to call ICE on taco vendors
A Southern California woman was recorded calling a taco vendor a "stinky old woman" in Spanish and threatening to call ICE. Francesca Ortega says the nationwide backlash that followed has ruined the business she spent 10 years building....
What Trump and Xi are demanding behind closed doors
China has resisted the Trump administration’s urgings, and economic threats, to use its leverage to prod Iran to agree to U.S. terms to end the nearly 7-month war. Xi Jinping wants to see Trump permanently halt arms sales to Taiwan and loosen export restrictions on cutting-edge a...
Sunnyvale company reveals how it uses its AI ‘kill switch'
Just days after Governor Gavin Newsom talked about the need for a “kill switch” to keep Californians safe in the age of AI, NBC Bay Area found a company that already had one and can explain how it works to try and keep AI agents from going rogue. With AI cybersecurity and hacking...
Target hosting special Pokémon 30th anniversary celebration
(KRON) -- It's a big year for Pokémon and fans across every generation are catching them all for the 30th anniversary. To celebrate, Target is hosting a one-of-a-kind, in-store experience on September 27. There will be 50 stores across the Bay Area participating, including locati...
Bay Area's Applewood Landscaping takes TikTok by storm
SARATOGA, Calif. (KRON) -- Most companies have realized the benefit of using social media to gain business. Applewood Landscaping in Saratoga is a prime example of that that. Tigran Gertz started the company nine years ago, using YouTube videos to get word out about his new lands...
Judge orders White House access to be restored for media outlets
A federal judge has ordered for CNN, MS Now and Politico to have access to the white house after President Trump banned them. Hamline University Professor David Schultz explains what could happen next....
Review: Smuin Ballet’s French Kiss
The company and its director have shown due reverence to the past without being trapped in it. Review: Smuin Ballet’s French Kiss